Nigerian military sights abducted schoolgirls in 3 Boko Haram camps

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Found this revealing exclusive report by Premium Times on their site. Read below...

Nigeria’s Special Forces from the Army’s 7th Division have sighted and narrowed the search for the more than 250 abducted Chibok schoolgirls to three camps operated by the extremist Boko Haram sect north of Kukawa at the western corridors of the Lake Chad, senior military and administration officials have said.

“It has been a most difficult but heroic breakthrough,” one senior military official said in Abuja.

That claim was supported by another senior commander from the Army’s 7th Division, the military formation created to deal with the insurgency in the Northeast. The 7th Division is headquartered in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.

Two Boys nabbed for Putting Poison in Teacher's Water Bottle

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Both boys, ages 9 and 12, allegedly poisoned the teacher's water Monday afternoon, causing her to feel nauseated the following day. She was treated by her doctor and is now in good shape, said Sgt. John Buthorn of the New York City Police Department.
The poison is being tested in a lab to determine its content, nonetheless it seems to be rat poison, police said.

In line with the NYPD, both boys have already been charged with attempted second-degree assault, reckless endangerment and criminal possession of a weapon.

Nigerian Army starts recruitment of Volunteer Army Personnel

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According to a report by Channels TV, the Nigerian army has announced the recruitment of volunteer soldiers that will assist in the search for the missing Chibok girls as well as help in the fight against Boko Haram insurgence. In a press briefing today, the Director of Public Affairs said the recruitment exercise will end on June 21st and is ready to accept only able bodied persons. 

Regional autonomy…or nothing

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Being the position paper of Yoruba groups towards achieving regional autonomy

Regional Autonomy means…

a. Control of natural resources within the region.

b. Developing and establishing appropriate governance structure for the Region, and

c. Devolved authority, responsibilities and span of control to manage and ensure the sustenance of the region.

17 feared killed as Boko Haram invades Alagarno Village, Borno, 20 mins away from Chibok

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In a report from a foreign media, Boko Haram members last night May 20th launched a new attack at Alagarno village in Borno State killing at least 17 people. Village sources say nearly all the buildings in the village were also razed.

Yesterday's Jos Bomb blast: University of Jos loses 15 students

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  University of Jos just announced  they lost 15 students at yesterday's twin bomb blasts that left over 200 people dead. Eight of those students were final year medical students.  sad!

Funds to To continue B'haram ? Borno State to spend ₦150m to rehabilitate 53 escapee girls, parents

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Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima, yesterday announced that the state government would be spending N150million for the rehabilitation of the 53 chibok girls that escaped from Boko Haram captivity as well as their parents whose source of livelihood was affected by the abduction, Sahara Reporters reports.

The Governor made this announcement when he received the Presidential Fact Finding Committee on the missing girls in his office yesterday. Gov Shettima decried the notion by some people that the missing Chibok girls was a scam or that it was a staged attempt by the state government to stop emergency rule extension in the state. Continue...

El-Rufai sues PDP, Olisa Metuh, Thisday for N1.5billion

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 Former FCT Minister and Deputy National Secretary to All Progressive Congress, APC, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has instituted a N1.5billion libel suit against the PDP, its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Olisa Metuh and ThisDay newspaper before a High Court in Abuja over statements he said were authorized by Metuh on behalf of the PDP linking him to the Boko Haram insurgency, which he finds defamatory.

 El Rufai said the defamatory statements were published in Thisday newspaper which he joined in the suit as third defendant.

Mallam El-Rufai said that in a separate Thisday newspaper publications of March 17 and March 28, Metuh claimed that he (El-Rufai) collected N5billion as consultancy fee from the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Lamido Sanusi and also in another publication said that himself and Gen. Buhari know more about the Boko Haram insurgency. Continue...

How Europe learned from Africa And European views before the Slavery

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Africa's History did not start in Slavery.Some of the world's other great civilisations, such as Kush, Axum , Ghana , Mali , Oyo empire and Great Zimbabwe , also flourished in Africa and some major scientific advances were known in Africa long before they were known in Europe . Towards the middle of the 12 th century, the north African scientist, Al Idrisi, wrote, ‘What results from the opinion of philosophers, learned men and those skilled in observation of the heavenly bodies, is that the world is as round as a sphere, of which the waters are adherent and maintained upon its surface by natural equilibrium.'

Be Prepared For War With North, Asari Dokubo Tells Southerners

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Controversial leader and founder of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force, NDPVF, has charged the people of the South-South region to prepare for war, even as he said, the ongoing onslaught by Boko Haram is designed to unleash terror on the people of the region.
Asari called on the different ethnic nationalities in the region to unite to fight the invasion of the northern imperialists.

The Niger Delta youth leader, who is noted for his controversial posture on national issues, spoke at the 10th annual Major Isaac Adaka Boro Public Lecture in Ughelli, Delta State, saying that the people of the region must act fast to foil any attempt to be enslaved.

Boko Haram is a battle designed for the field and minds. (Nigerians wake up to the battle)

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 "Tactics is the art of using troops in battle; strategy is the art of using battles to win the war."

Dont  buy the lie!

The US just indicted 5 Chinese generals. For what? For trying to fight a battle on cyberspace.

'The Art Of War' is a perspective, not the absolute truth.

The absolute truth is LIFE IS WAR.

The fact that unseen organisms do their damage without humans knowing is ONLY down to ignorance. The infection which is not seen by human eyes nor its ways know yet are what the labs live to find out.

GOVS HIJACK APC: Tinubu storms out of party’s NEC meeting

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All Progressives Party, APC Governors yesterday revolted against the leadership of the party when they hijacked the proceedings of the National Executive Committee, NEC meeting and picked the members of the party’s forthcoming National Convention Committee.
A shocked Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, national leader of APC, at the action of the governors, allegedly stormed out of the meeting held at its secretariat in Abuja.

Mad man that fakes his madness, Nabbed With Arms and Ammunition In Lagos

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People really have to be vigilant with every one of these fake mad people who have negative intentions. The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a suspected mad man if you are in possession of arms and ammunition. The man was arrested on Saturday by some vigilant residents of Gowon Estate in the Ipaja area of Lagos.

“The people were curious about what he was dumping. Upon closer examination, it was discovered that the mad man emptied one locally-made double-barrel pistol and four live cartridges into the dust bin.
“The youths in the community claimed they have been seeing him around the area as a mad man. He was immediately handed over to the police at Gowon Estate but under interrogation, he was not coherent in his speech.
“He was later transferred to the State CID, Panti, Yaba, for further investigation."

118 confirmed dead from Jos Bomb blast today, there may be more - NEMA

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According to a report by AFP, the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA told them that 118 people have already been confirmed dead from today's bomb blast in Jos, with several others still underneath the debris 

"The exact figure of the dead bodies recovered as of now is 118 and more bodies may be in the debris of buildings which collapsed due to the intensity of the blasts.” Mohammed Abdulsalam told AFP. He also revealed that 56 people were injured in the twin blasts.

US Claims Boko Haram is Not a Branch of al-Qaeda

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The United States Government has disclosed that the Islamic sect, Boko Haram was not affiliated to the global terrorist organisation, al-Qaeda.

This is coming following a declaration by President Goodluck Jonathan during the France security summit on the menace of the insurgent group on Saturday, that the Boko Haram sect, was the “al Qaeda of West Africa.”

However, the US said the Boko Haram sect has no link with al-Qaeda.
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Alleged Boko Haram Threats To Schools: IGP orders security threat analysis nationwide

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As part of deliberate and proactive efforts geared towards bolstering security network around boarding schools nationwide and also the safety and security of students and other stakeholders in the nation’s secondary institutions of learning, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP MD Abubakar CFR, NPM, mni, psc has ordered Command Commissioners of Police to immediately commence security audit and threats analysis of all boarding schools nationwide.

OAU Students Block Ife-Abuja Highway to Protest Fee Hike by 267 %,322%, 253% respectively

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Students of the Obafemi Awolowo University  (OAU) have blocked the Ife-Abuja highway to protest against the recent fee hikes university authorities recently implemented.

Passengers on the federal highway were stranded as the students also blocked all exit and entry routes linking Osun State to other states in the country.

The university reportedly increased the fee of newly admitted students into Clinical Sciences and Pharmacy by 267 %, Humanities/Social Sciences by 322%, and increased the fee by 253% for students admitted into Sciences.

Nigeria asks UN Al Qaeda committee to blacklist Boko Haram

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Nigeria has formally asked the UN Security Council al Qaeda sanctions committee to blacklist the Islamist militant group Boko Haram after the kidnapping of hundreds of schoolgirls, a UN diplomat said on Tuesday.

If there are no objections from the 15-member council committee, which operates by consensus, Boko Haram will be sanctioned at 3 pm EDT (1900 GMT) on Thursday, the diplomat said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Viewer Discretion: More photos from Jos market bomb blast.

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Law enforcement have reduced the amount of people that died today when twin bombs went off at Terminus market in Jos, to 42, but some eye-witnesses insist the amount is way more than that...marking it around over 200 because oahu is the commercial hub of the town and was filled up with people once the blast occurred. 

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Photos: Burial ceremony for soldiers who died in the North last week

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 Some soldiers were ambushed and killed in the North East last week by Boko Haram men leading with their colleagues rising against their General Officer Commanding. The fallen soldiers were buried today. May their souls rest in peace...Ase. See another pic after the break.